In its first annual report, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) gives an account of the first 7 months of its operational activity. For the first time, statistics on EPPO operations per participating Member State, crime, seizures, number of indictments… Read moreThe EPPO investigates €5.4 billion worth of loss to the EU budget in its first 7 months of activity
Yesterday, 15 March 2021, the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza,) of Savona (Italy) seized 10 luxury cars and 45 luxury and vintage motorcycles, executing an order of the pre-trial judge requested by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO). The… Read more55 cars and motorcycles worth €750.000 seized in aggravated smuggling case in Italy
Last week (23 February 2022), the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Rome led an operation where the Customs Office of Rome (Agenzia delle Accise, Dogane e Monopoli, ADM) seized almost €350.000 in cash from an Italian company that imported… Read moreCustoms duties and VAT evasion on importation of non-compliant surgical masks: €350.000 seized in Italy
Today, the European Chief Prosecutor has addressed a letter to the European Commission in line with Recital 16 of Regulation (EU) 2020/2092 of 16 December 2020 on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union Budget pointing… Read moreLetter sent to European Commission regarding Poland’s refusal to cooperate with the EPPO
Since the beginning of 2021, several international criminal groups in Germany and Estonia have been under investigation by the Hanover Customs Investigation Office, instructed by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (Hamburg office). More than 130 individual imports of luxury cars… Read moreStrike against international criminal groups in Germany and Estonia: 26 searches, 12 luxury cars seized and 2 arrests
Today, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) Naples office led an operation in Naples (Italy) against four companies and two individuals. The suspects imported e-bikes and spare parts from China and Turkey, and allegedly evaded custom anti-dumping and import VAT… Read moreSeizures and searches in Italy in case of anti-dumping and import VAT evasion of €13 million
On Monday (24 January 2022), the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Lithuania referred a criminal case to the Vilnius Regional Court. Two officials of the Vilnius Territorial Customs road post in Šalčininkai are accused of abuse of office, and… Read moreTobacco smuggling case leads to first EPPO indictment in Lithuania
The European Chief Prosecutor Ms Laura Kövesi invited the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Slovenia, Mr Drago Šketa, to the EPPO’s central office in Luxembourg to get better acquainted with the EPPO’s operational activities and the support provided to… Read moreSlovenia’s Prosecutor General visits the EPPO in Luxembourg
Today, the first court hearing of an EPPO case in Bulgaria took place in Sofia (Bulgaria) in the Specialised Criminal Court. The defendant, a General Expert working for the Bulgarian State Fund Agriculture (SFA), has been in custody since the… Read moreFirst EPPO indictment in Bulgaria: bribery of a State Fund Agriculture’s official
The Italian Customs Police and the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) seized a shipment of nearly 30 tonnes of tobacco products of foreign manufacture at the Port of Trieste in November 2021. The shipment had come from Malawi and… Read moreEPPO Venice Office: 30 tonnes of tobacco seized at the Port of Trieste
